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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3179699, member: 96898"]These are two very fine coins and fun write-ups – my vote is split. Thanks to both contestants for showing their coins and taking the time to tell us something about them! [USER=75563]@ancientcoinguru[/USER] , I very much admire the beautiful full-length portrait of Henry II. Also, I now feel the urge to find out more about the motif of the lion throne, which I mainly know from Armenian coins. These two aren't crusader coins in the strict sense. Yet, they were struck for the German king Conrad IV of Hohenstaufen (1228–1254) who inherited the title "King of Jerusalem" from his mother Isabella: [ATTACH=full]819218[/ATTACH]Conrad IV/II, Kingdom of Sicily, BI denaro, 1250–1254 AD, struck at Messina. Obv: + CON[R]ADVS, cross with two diamonds in fields. Rev: + IER[L E]T SICIL, RX with omega-stroke above. 15mm, 0.68g. Ref: Spahr 155. [ATTACH=full]819219[/ATTACH]Conrad IV/II, Kingdom of Sicily, BI denaro, 1250–1254 AD, struck at Brindisi or Messina. Obv: + [CO]NRADVS, cross. Rev: + IERL E[T SIC]IL, RX-ligature. 15mm, 0.70g. Ref: Spahr 153. [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], what a great bargain for such a desirable coin! Mine was a bit more than twice what you paid, and I still consider it a very good deal: [ATTACH=full]819220[/ATTACH]Tiberius, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 15–18 AD, struck at Lyon. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate portrait right. Rev: PONTIF MA[XIM], Livia as Pax seated right on chair with ornately decorated legs, holding sceptre (or spear) and branch. 18mm, 2.8g. Ref: RIC I 28; RSC II 16b; Sear 1763; Giard: Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon 1 (1983), group 2, 146.[/QUOTE]

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